#4E218E#4E218E

#4E218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.167 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E218E
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.74, 44.25, -52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.74, 68.40, 310.31°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.0737 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.167 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5669, 4.6602, 26.0341)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E218E #618E21

analogous

#212A8E #4E218E #85218E

triadic

#4E218E #8E4E21 #218E4E

tetradic

#4E218E #8E212A #618E21 #218E85

square

#4E218E #8E212A #618E21 #218E85

split-complementary

#4E218E #8E8521 #2A8E21

monochromatic

#170A2B #33155C #4E218E #692DC0 #8952D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#4E218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E218E

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E218E	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.167 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661b0',
    500: '#4e218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e218e;
$custom-light: #8661b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.771,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37979,
    "c": 0.16655,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E218E

secondary

#8FBA50

accent

#E542A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E218E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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